To: beebuster2000
how come everybody elses carriers have that launch deck curving up and us carriers dont? whats up with that? Because they're limited to launching small, slow V/STOL aircraft without catapults, while we can launch and recover (simultaneously) big, supersonic, high performance aircraft with steam (or soon electric) catapults.
IOW, we don't need those dorky launch ramps.
17 posted on
10/07/2009 7:31:51 AM PDT by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Because they're limited to launching small, slow V/STOL aircraft without catapults, while we can launch and recover (simultaneously) big, supersonic, high performance aircraft with steam (or soon electric) catapults. The Cavour is intended to operate with an air wing of supersonic F-35B Joint Strike Fighters.
25 posted on
10/07/2009 7:45:22 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: ArrogantBustard
The dorky ramps are good enough to start F-35Bs.
The steam launchers somtimes tend to be broken. Especialy when they’re needed the most. I’ve never seen a ramp with a jamed slingshot :-)
32 posted on
10/07/2009 8:00:40 AM PDT by
buzzer
To: ArrogantBustard
How are things going with electric catapults these days? I thought they were supposed to be installed on the USS Ronald Reagan, but have heard nothing more about their existence and use.
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